# Ballyteige Little, Co. Offaly: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Ballycommon, barony of Philipstown Lower, Co. Offaly; in Irish Baile Thaidhg Beag. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,450,440 m² (145.04 ha, 358.41 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 32 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 4,884 m² (0.49 ha, 1.21 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 14 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Ballycommon, https://everytownland.com/offaly/parish/ballycommon.md - Barony: Philipstown Lower - Electoral division: Ballycommon, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 659 people lived in 208 households in the Ballycommon electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 35% of homes were built since 2001. 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Offaly, https://everytownland.com/offaly.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/41933 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 180213 - Centre: latitude 53.295354, longitude -7.400551 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 32 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyteige Little, from 121 m² to 260,800 m² (26.08 ha, 64.45 acres); 18 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 270238: 260,800 m² (26.08 ha, 64.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/270238.md - Parcel 313378: 255,067 m² (25.51 ha, 63.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/313378.md - Parcel 271146: 253,380 m² (25.34 ha, 62.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/271146.md - Parcel 304071: 159,697 m² (15.97 ha, 39.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/304071.md - Parcel 309825: 154,847 m² (15.48 ha, 38.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/309825.md - Parcel 293319: 92,869 m² (9.29 ha, 22.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/293319.md - Parcel 360660: 78,697 m² (7.87 ha, 19.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/360660.md - Parcel 306064: 77,410 m² (7.74 ha, 19.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/306064.md - Parcel 5594684: 29,255 m² (2.93 ha, 7.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5594684.md - Parcel 291425: 12,050 m² (1.21 ha, 2.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/291425.md - Parcel 296794: 10,821 m² (1.08 ha, 2.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/296794.md - Parcel 5689703: 6,963 m² (0.7 ha, 1.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5689703.md - Parcel 5599259: 6,953 m² (0.7 ha, 1.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5599259.md - Parcel 5689705: 5,721 m² (0.57 ha, 1.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5689705.md - Parcel 308692: 5,641 m² (0.56 ha, 1.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/308692.md - Parcel 281198: 4,971 m² (0.5 ha, 1.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/281198.md - Parcel 277140: 4,797 m² (0.48 ha, 1.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/277140.md - Parcel 361150: 4,782 m² (0.48 ha, 1.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/361150.md - Parcel 272143: 4,067 m² (0.41 ha, 1.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/272143.md - Parcel 4599002: 4,011 m² (0.4 ha, 0.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4599002.md - Parcel 5518032: 3,739 m² (0.37 ha, 0.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5518032.md - Parcel 298767: 3,034 m² (0.3 ha, 0.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/298767.md - Parcel 360558: 2,435 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/360558.md - Parcel 301362: 2,120 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/301362.md - Parcel 296982: 985 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/296982.md - Parcel 295719: 832 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/295719.md - Parcel 288596: 817 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/288596.md - Parcel 5689707: 703 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5689707.md - Parcel 302273: 436 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/302273.md - Parcel 5689708: 263 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5689708.md - Parcel 4889371: 232 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4889371.md - Parcel 273539: 121 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/273539.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Ballyteige Little in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application. ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 14 applications, newest first. - 11 Feb 2026, Offaly County Council 2660071: Conditional. Permission. an amendment to a previously consented development (RED III) (Planning Reference 2198 by Offaly County Council) comprising of; (i) removal of the 38kV substation and infrastructure within the most northern field (Field 1), (ii) internal access track reduced from c.3.4km to c. 3.2km,relocated and tweaked to include turning areas, (iii) replacement of string inverters instead of combined central inverters and MV transformers, the central MV transformers remain, and increase from 11No. to 12 No., however there will be a reduction in their associated hardstanding areas and the number of string inverters is 128, (iv) table layout updated (reduced), (v) PV angle tilt reduced from 10º and 40º to 10º and 30º, (vi) separation area between infrastructure and OHL towers increased, (vii) an additional badger sett buffer added (viii) temporary construction compound has been relocated from Field 1 to Field 4, (ix) alter Condition No. 10 to increase the boundary fencing from 1.8m-2m high to 2.4m high and reduce in the perimeter fence length, (x) CCTV number increase from 81 to 118 and their locations have been amended, (xi) adjustment of the development period from 5 years to 10 years, and (xii) alter Condition No. 11 to change the operational lifetime from 35 years to 40 years. The planning application area comprises of 60.53hectares and comprises of a Solar PV development (i.e. a relevant solar energy development as per the Renewable Energy Directive III). This planning application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement (NIS). This development is covered by the provision of the Renewable Energy Directive III (Directive (EU) 2023/2413) and it is important to note that the planning application may be subject to section 34D of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended. When a notice issues in accordance with section 34D(b), the provisions of article 26A of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 to 2025 shall apply. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660071/0 - 29 Jan 2026, Offaly County Council 2660044: N/a. Permission. the amendment to a previously consented development (Planning Reference 2198 by Offaly County Council) comprising of; (i) removal of the 38kV substation and infrastructure within the most northern field (Field 1), (ii) internal access track reduced from c.3.4km to c. 3.2km,relocated and tweaked to include turning areas, (iii) replacement of string inverters instead of combined central inverters and MV transformers, the central MV transformers remain, and increase from 11No. to 12 No., however there will be a reduction in their associated hardstanding areas and the number of string inverters is 128, (iv) table layout updated (reduced), (v) PV angle tilt reduced from 10º and 40º to 10º and 30º, (vi) separation area between infrastructure and OHL towers increased, (vii) an additional badger sett buffer added (viii) temporary construction compound has been relocated from Field 1 to Field 4, (ix) alter Condition No. 10 to increase the boundary fencing from 1.8m-2m high to 2.4m high and reduce in the perimeter fence length, (x) CCTV number increase from 81 to 118 and their locations have been amended, (xi) adjustment of the development period from 5 years to 10 years, and (xii) alter Condition No. 11 to change the operational lifetime from 35 years to 40 years. The planning application area comprises of 60.53hectares and comprises of a Solar PV development (i.e. a relevant solar energy development as per the Renewable Energy Directive III). This planning application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement (NIS). (RED III) This development is covered by the provision of the Renewable Energy Directive III (Directive (EU) 2023/2413) and it is important to note that the planning application may be subject to section 34D of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended. When a notice issues in accordance with section 34D(b), the provisions of article 26A of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 to 2025 shall apply. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660044/0 - 18 Dec 2025, Offaly County Council 2560659: N/a. Permission. an amendment to a previously consented development (Planning Reference 2198 by Offaly County Council) comprising of; (i) removal of the 38kV substation and infrastructure within the most northern field (Field 1), (ii) internal access track reduced from c.3.4km to c. 3.2km,relocated and tweaked to include turning areas, (iii) replacement of string inverters instead of combined central inverters and MV transformers, the central MV transformers remain, and increase from 11No. to 12 No., however there will be a reduction in their associated hardstanding areas and the number of string inverters is 128, (iv) table layout updated (reduced), (v) PV angle tilt reduced from 10º and 40º to 10º and 30º, (vi) separation area between infrastructure and OHL towers increased, (vii) an additional badger sett buffer added (viii) temporary construction compound has been relocated from Field 1 to Field 4, (ix) alter Condition No. 10 to increase the boundary fencing from 1.8m-2m high to 2.4m high and reduce in the perimeter fence length, (x) CCTV number increase from 81 to 118 and their locations have been amended, (xi) adjustment of the development period from 5 years to 10 years, and (xii) alter Condition No. 11 to change the operational lifetime from 35 years to 40 years. The planning application area comprises of 60.53hectares. This planning application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement (NIS) This development is covered by the provision of the Renewable Energy Directive III (Directive (EU) 2023/2413) and it is important to note that the planning application may be subject to section 34D of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended. When a notice issues in accordance with section 34D(b), the provisions of article 26A of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 to 2025 shall apply.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560659/0 - 17 Apr 2025, Offaly County Council 2537: Conditional. Retention, 2 homes. THE EXISTING MOBILE HOME STRUCTURE AND EXISTING FOUL WATER HOLDING TANK AND ALL ASSOCIATED EXISTING SITEWORKS AS A THREE-YEAR TEMPORARY DEVELOPMENT. PERMISSION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A DOMER STYLE DWELLING WITH DETACHED GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2537/0 - 4 Apr 2025, Offaly County Council 2534: N/a. Retention. THE EXISTING MOBILE HOME STRUCTURE AND EXISTING FOUL WATER HOLDING TANK AND ALL ASSOCIATED EXISTING SITEWORKS AS A THREE-YEAR TEMPORARY DEVELOPMENT. PERMISSION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A DORMER STYLE DWELLING WITH DETACHED GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2534/0 - 11 Sept 2023, Offaly County Council 23375: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. THE DEMOLITION OF EXISTING BUILDINGS AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF A TWO STOREY DWELLING, A DOMESTIC GARAGE, A WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM, A NEW SITE ENTRANCE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/23375/0 - 29 Jul 2022, Offaly County Council 22378: Conditional. Permission. A PERIOD OF 10 YEARS TO CONSTRUCT AND COMPLETE A SOLAR PV ENERGY DEVELOPMENT WITH A TOTAL SITE AREA OF 73.9 HECTARES, TO INCLUDE A CONTROL BUILDING, INVERTER SUBSTATIONS, MODULES, SOLAR PV GROUND MOUNTED ON SUPPORT STRUCTURES, TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION COMPOUNDS, INTERNAL ACCESS TRACKS, SECURITY FENCING, ELECTRICAL CABLING AND DUCTING, CCTV AND OTHER ANCILLARY INFRASTRUCTURE, DRAINAGE, ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING AND HABITAT ENHANCEMENT AS REQUIRED AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS RELATING TO ACCESS OF THE SITE. A NATURA IMPACT ASSESSMENT (NIS) HAS BEEN SUBMITTED WITH THIS APPLICATION. THE SOLAR FARM WILL BE OPERATIONAL FOR 35 YEARS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/22378/0 - 15 Jul 2022, Offaly County Council 22352: N/a. Permission. A PERIOD OF 10 YEARS TO CONSTRUCT AND COMPLETE A SOLAR PV ENERGY DEVELOPMENT WITH A TOTAL SITE AREA OF 73.9 HECTARES, TO INCLUDE A CONTROL BUILDING, INVERTER SUBSTATIONS, MODULES, SOLAR PV GROUND MOUNTED ON SUPPORT STRUCTURES, TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION COMPOUNDS, INTERNAL ACCESS TRACKS, SECURITY FENCING, ELECTRICAL CABLING AND DUCTING, CCTV AND OTHER ANCILLARY INFRASTRUCTURE, DRAINAGE, ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING AND HABITAT ENHANCEMENT AS REQUIRED AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS RELATING TO THE ACCESS OF THE SITE. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) HAS BEEN SUBMITTED WITH THIS APPLICATION. THE SOLAR FARM WILL BE OPERATIONAL FOR 35-YEARS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/22352/0 - 3 Mar 2021, Offaly County Council 2198: Conditional. Permission. A PERIOD OF 5 YEARS TO CONSTRUCT AND COMPLETE A SOLAR PV ENERGY DEVELOPMENT WITH A TOTAL SITE AREA OF 60.53 HECTARES, TO INCLUDE A SINGLE STOREY ELECTRICAL SUBSTATION BUILDING, INVERTER SUBSTATIONS, MODULES, SOLAR PV GROUND MOUNTED ON SUPPORT STRUCTURES, A TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION COMPOUND, INTERNAL ACCESS TRACKS, SECURITY FENCING, ELECTRICAL CABLING AND DUCTING, CCTV AND OTHER ANCILLARY INFRASTRUCTURE, DRAINAGE, ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING AND HABITAT ENHANCEMENT AS REQUIRED AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS RELATING TO THE ACCESS OF THE SITE. THE SOLAR FARM WILL BE OPERATIONAL FOR 35-YEARS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2198/0 - 12 Feb 2021, Offaly County Council 2165: N/a. Permission. A PERIOD OF 5 YEARS TO CONSTRUCT AND COMPLETE A SOLAR PV ENERGY DEVELOPMENT WITH A TOTAL SITE AREA OF 60.53 HECTARES, TO INCLUDE A SINGLE STOREY ELECTRICAL SUBSTATION BUILDING, INVERTER SUBSTATIONS, MODULES, SOLAR PV GROUND MOUNTED ON SUPPORT STRUCTURES, A TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION COMPOUND, INTERNAL ACCESS TRACKS, SECURITY FENCING, ELECTRICAL CABLING AND DUCTING, CCTV AND OTHER ANCILLARY INFRASTRUCTURE, DRAINAGE, ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING AND HABITAT ENHANCEMENT AS REQUIRED AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS RELATING TO THE ACCESS OF THE SITE. THE SOLAR FARM WILL BE OPERATIONAL FOR 35-YEARS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2165/0 - 30 Oct 2020, Offaly County Council 20533: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A TWO-STOREY DWELLING WITH ATTACHED GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/20533/0 - 9 Oct 2020, Offaly County Council 20485: N/a. Permission. CONSTRUCTION OF A TWO-STOREY DETACHED DWELLING, SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/20485/0 - 23 Sept 2020, Offaly County Council 20451: N/a. Permission. TWO STOREY DETACHED DWELLING, SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/20451/0 - 18 May 2017, Offaly County Council 17165: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW TWO STOREY DWELLING HOUSE, DETACHED GARAGE, WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM, PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND SERVICES. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/17165/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) - Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Grand Canal, site code 002104 ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) No recorded monument lies in the townland of Ballyteige Little. ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) - Catholic Church of Saint Francis of Assisi and Saint Brigid, church/chapel, 1840–1850, Regional interest, registry number 14917031, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=OF®no=14917031. Detached three-bay gable-fronted single-cell Roman Catholic church, built in 1841, with semi-circular apse, side chapels and modern extensions to rear. Pitched roof with stone cross finial above front entrance. Roughcast rendered walls with nap plinth and quoins. Round-headed window openings with stone sills. Triple round-headed niches with stone sill above entrance door with plaster ogee-headed arch. Plaque above main door reads 'Dom. Ecclesia SS Francisi de Assisi et Brigidae aedificata 1841 AD.' Pointed-headed door opening with stone arch. Single-cell interior with flat ceiling and apse behind altar. Timber organ gallery to west end with timber uprights. Cast-iron bell on site manufactured by Byrne of Dublin. Site bounded by wall with gates. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: at the centre of the townland of Ballyteige Little, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887 - Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low, partly inferred. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ballyteige Little. - Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence. ## Downloads - DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/offaly/ballyteige-little.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/offaly/ballyteige-little.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/offaly/ballyteige-little.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Ballyteige Little with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Offaly: https://everytownland.com/offaly.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Ballycommon: https://everytownland.com/offaly/ballycommon.md - Ballyteige Big: https://everytownland.com/offaly/ballyteige-big.md - Colehill: https://everytownland.com/offaly/colehill.md - Derrygrogan Big: https://everytownland.com/offaly/derrygrogan-big.md - Rathdrum: https://everytownland.com/offaly/rathdrum.md - Wood of O: https://everytownland.com/offaly/wood-of-o.md A townland is the smallest land division of Ireland, and the unit of a rural address; old registers such as the 1901 and 1911 censuses file it under its civil parish and barony. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged. - Page: https://everytownland.com/offaly/ballyteige-little - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/offaly/ballyteige-little